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San Diego police are investigating the stabbing death of a man in Logan Heights.

Authorities investigate the scene where a San Diego police officer fatally shot a 23-year-old robbery suspect after the man reportedly pointed a gun at him in Golden Hill Friday night.

San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre plans to ask the City Council in a few weeks to sue San Diego Gas & Electric Co.

A 13-year-old boy from Carmel Valley was still in the hunt in today's semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Justin Song, an eighth-grader at Carmel Valley Middle School who has ...

A San Diego research institute that focusses on translating lab findings into real-world medical treatment has received a $20 million dollar grant from the federal government.

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders was one of the first people on the scene of a rollover crash, offering assistance to the police officer trapped in his upside-down car after a traffic accident in Valencia Park.

A 14-year-old San Diego girl has pleaded not guilty to charges that she murdered her mother with a claw hammer and assaulted her father.

City water crews will work through Wednesday night to repair a water line break on La Jolla Shores Drive that sent a muddy, debris-filled flow down several streets of the upscale neighborhood, authorities said.

San Diego County can build a toll-crossing into Mexico to ease congestion at existing crossings under a bill approved by the state Senate.

The bill permits the San Diego Association of Governments to build and operate Highway 11 and a new federal Otay Mesa East Port of Entry. The project would be funded with bonds repaid by a toll on those crossing the international border.

Sen. Denise Ducheny, a Democrat from San Diego, says the state needs a third border crossing because of long lines and delays at existing crossings.

SHARE THIS: DEL.ICIO.US DIGG STUMBLEUPON Lawyers for the city of San Diego say military security contractor Blackwater failed to file the necessary paperwork for final permits that would allow it to use a ...

Water has been restored to more than a dozen customers, after a water main break in La Jolla Shores.

Charges were not immediately announced, but Heather D'Aoust could face murder charges when she is arraigned Thursday at the downtown courthouse.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has reached a deal to buy a home in southern California.

The Women's Professional Soccer , which begins its inaugural season next year with seven teams, is planning to expand to Philadelphia in 2010.

A shootout that erupted during a robbery at a small East County business Tuesday left the shop's two proprietors wounded and the alleged thief dead, authorities reported.

Military security contractor Blackwater Worldwide asked a federal court judge Tuesday to force San Diego to issue permits required to open a new indoor military training facility in the city.

San Diego Unified School District board members will be asked to reconsider approved education budget cuts.

Authorities say a 56-year-old woman has died, a day after her 14-year-old daughter allegedly struck her in the head with a hammer or other blunt object.

A man suspected of driving under the influence crashed his car into a tree in La Jolla Monday after a brief police pursuit, San Diego police said.

Boaters should be on the lookout Monday for a baby gray whale about 20 feet long that found its way into San Diego Bay.

A 14-year-old girl was in police custody after she allegedly hit her mother in the head with a hammer or other blunt object, officials said.

Main Category: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Article Date: 21 May 2008 Every year more than 100,000 U.S. patients undergo gastric bypass surgery for the treatment of obesity.

A 14-year-old San Diego girl is in police custody on suspicion of striking her mother in the head with a blunt object, nearly killing her, police said.

The city is playing defense after it's been learned alcohol will be allowed at this year's Over-The-Line tournament, despite the new beach booze ban.

Main Category: Liver Disease / Hepatitis Also Included In: Nutrition / Diet Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine are challenging conventional thinking with a study showing that modest wine ...

Failed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney may be heading to California.

It was the final kerfuffle in a series of slapstick events that made up our weekend in San Diego.

REI and ease e-waste have joined forces to provide free electronic waste recycling to all San Diego County residents on Saturday, May 31, 2008 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This special event provides a tremendous ...

Authorities asked the public Friday for help in identifying a man who tried to rape a woman in Balboa Park.

Federal immigration officials said agents made a mistake when they raided University of California, San Diego, student housing in search of illegal immigrants.

A natural gas explosion in a downtown hotel under construction tore apart four floors, badly burned three construction workers and injured 11 others Monday afternoon.

The head of a San Diego company and three others were arrested in a scheme that duped hundreds of homeowners facing foreclosure out of the deeds to their houses and thousands of dollars in cash, authorities ...

Overall water quality at San Diego County's beaches during the dry-weather season was excellent, according to a report released today by the environmental group Heal the Bay.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the environmental activist and author who was named one of Time magazine's "Heroes of the Planet," will be keynote speaker at the "All Campus Graduation Celebration" to be held June 19 at ...

United States District Judge Larry A. Burns today sentenced Thomas Kontogiannis to serve 97 months in custody, pay a $1,050,000 fine, and serve three years of supervised release following his release from ...

From the attorney general's report on Mayor Jerry Sanders and the Sunroad office tower: "It is false to assert that the mayor 'allowed' Sunroad to construct an illegal building which endangered public safety.

Five of 13 construction workers injured in an explosion at a partially built high-rise hotel near Petco Park remained hospitalized today, three of them in critical condition and on life support.

If you're heading to the beach in Del Mar, you'll have to leave the booze at home.

Homicide detectives are investigating the discovery of a body floating in a pond at a local cemetery.

A Customs and Border Protection officer has pleaded not guilty to conspiring to smuggle drugs and illegal immigrants while working at a San Diego border crossing. via Sacramento Bee

“We don't know exactly what (ignited it)”

A natural-gas leak caused an explosion that blew out windows and walls of a partially built high-rise hotel near Petco Park Monday, injuring 14 workers, five of them critically, authorities reported. via FOX 6 Local News

San Diego police said a 59-year-old man was killed this afternoon when his vehicle crashed into a parked school bus on Skyline Drive near Patten Street. via San Diego Union-Tribune

“Residents from Tijuana, most who have the means, will cross to go shopping”

A growing number of Latino consumers in San Diego County own computers and connect to the Internet, and the majority absorb media and advertising in a half-and-half mix of English and Spanish, according to a ... via Enlace

It's down to the wire -- midnight Monday is the deadline to register to vote in the June 3 primary election -- and the county registrar has some tips to help San Diegans cast their ballots. via KFMB-TV San Diego

A Customs and Border Protection officer is accused of conspiring to smuggle drugs and illegal immigrants. via St. Paul Pioneer Press

“They can use all the support that they can get and want this event and the case to get as much attention as possible”

The loved ones of a man whose body was found dumped in an alley in January are holding a rally in an effort to renew interest in the case. via KNBC Los Angeles Channel 4

An East County man remained in custody Friday on suspicion of giving underage girls money, drugs and alcohol to let him play with their feet, authorities said. via KNBC Los Angeles Channel 4

A San Diego police officer is recovering after being attacked at a party in Normal Heights. via KFMB-am

“One has to keep in mind that the illegal alien trying to enter the U.S. is responsible for his own actions.”

SAN DIEGO -- -- The U.S. Border Patrol is installing razor-sharp concertina wire atop border fencing between San Diego and Tijuana, marking a major shift in approach along a frequently violent stretch of the ... via Los Angeles Times

Investigators arrested one person, questioned at least six others and searched two homes in San Diego last night as part of a probe into the downtown federal courthouse bombing earlier this month. via San Diego Union-Tribune

The commission responsible for cleaning runaway sewage along the U.S.-Mexico border says it will upgrade an existing government wastewater plant in San Diego instead of paying a developer to build a new plant ... via KCOY-TV Santa Maria

Animal Control Officers from the County Department of Animal Services served a search warrant at a house on Boundary Avenue yesterday morning in Ramona.

The Alliance for Marriage Foundation is calling upon Congress to pass AFM's federal Marriage Protection Amendment in the aftermath of a California Supreme Court decision striking down marriage.

SHARE THIS: DEL.ICIO.US DIGG STUMBLEUPON Federal immigration officials have detained about a dozen people at a French bakery and catering company in San Diego. via KPBS-TV San Diego

“My heart is there, because I have so many friends and families there.”

Juyuan Middle School in Dujiangyan city destroyed in quake. Donate to Earthquake Victims In the hardest hit areas of China's Sichuan province, those who survived the crippling 7.9 magnitude earthquake are now ... via FOX 6 Local News

“Our staff is incredibly scientific about this”

Organizers of the San Diego County Fair have agreed to pay singer Fergie $270,000 to perform there next month, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported. via Daily India

It is a year now since the town of La Jolla, a surfers' paradise north of San Diego, has struggled with karma lost. via The Independent

Someone found what appeared to be a lost and lonely ATM machine in a San Diego parking lot. via KCOY-TV Santa Maria

The elderly owner of a San Diego social hall has been acquitted of first-degree murder and assault in the shooting death of a partygoer in 2006. via Chico Enterprise-Record

A professional surfer who died after being beaten last year tried to fight off his attackers after first being knocked to the ground and repeatedly kicked, a San Diego police officer testified yesterday. via San Diego Union-Tribune

A sexually violent predator will ask a judge Tuesday for his release back into the community following years of treatment at a state mental hospital. via FOX 6 Local News

“He would be the last one to start a fight, but if something was going down, he wouldn't back down”

As the grieving parents of Anthony Giraudo made funeral arrangements Monday, stunned students at three Peninsula high schools preparing for graduation festivities tried to make sense of the tragic death of a ... via San Mateo Daily News

“This has been a two-year ordeal, and I considered and continue to consider it's for nothing.... I believe the justice system will prevail.”

A jury finds a San Diego businessman not guilty of first-degree murder and assault with a firearm. via NBC San Diego

“It looks at actions."... The paddle-out, the ritual surfers use to honor their dead, for Mr. Kauanui was the biggest La Jolla had seen. "We are a community of well-educated, family-oriented people”

"They weren't gangsters," says Richard Kenvin, 47, a filmmaker who grew up surfing Windansea. via Prometheus 6

A 48-year-old man was stabbed six times in the chest and seven times in the back Monday morning while he slept in his Linda Vista apartment, police said. via KGTV

Authorities reported that three people were hospitalized Sunday after a semi-trailer truck jackknifed and collided with at least two cars on Interstate 15 in Rancho Bernardo. via KFMB-TV San Diego

A special group of local moms got an early Mother's Day treat Saturday as they were honored as San Diego's 50 Best Moms. via KFMB-TV San Diego

Police reported that a woman said that she was forced to carry a bomb into the lobby of an Imperial Avenue bank branch Saturday and carry out orders to rob it. via KFMB-TV San Diego

Lankford & Associates Inc. , a local developer of such projects as Broadway 655, Smart Corner and the Scripps Northridge office park, has been selected to build a $115 million, 135,000-square-foot stem-cell ... via The Daily Transcript

San Diego police have recovered the car stolen by a man who stabbed two elderly women during a carjacking. via KFMB-TV San Diego

Motorcycle tricks gone wrong left a man with significant injuries to his foot and lower leg. via KFMB-TV San Diego

“But now it's $200 million. And I think what it's going to do is allow the project to move quicker.”

A proposal for a new women's jail in Santee received a major funding boost yesterday as the state announced tentative approval of $100 million for the project. via San Diego Union-Tribune

“At Webster, teaching a student how to be a student is really important. We don't expect them to already know how to read, to do math or write. So why aren't we teaching these things, too?”

A poster in a Webster classroom reminds the students of the "Webster Way." Photo: Sam Hodgson, Voice of San Diego. via Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

Two women were injured today by a young knife-wielding man they met at an East County casino after they agreed to give him a ride home, police said. via KFMB-am

“Her prior experiences in multiple industries and ability to effectively assemble teams and leverage best practices [are what] contribute to her success”

Training 's first annual list of 40 of the training industry's rising young stars. via Training

The Japanese Navy training ships Kashima , Asagiri and Umigiri will be visiting San Diego from May 8 through May 11, 2008. via Earth Times

“This woman's spent 32 years proving she's not a danger to anyone, and I hope that that would be taken into account by the decision makers”

Susan LeFevre spent 32 years on the run after escaping a Detroit prison. The 53-year-old went by the name of Marie Walsh when she started her life over in Carmel Valley. via KFMB-TV San Diego

A San Diego middle school is in lockdown as police investigate a report of an explosion inside a trash can at the school. via KTLA-TV Los Angeles

Sentencing is scheduled Tuesday for a former South Bay adult video store employee convicted of fatally shooting his transient friend, then dismembering him and disposing of body parts in San Diego. via KFMB-am

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders has ordered an investigation into whether security contractor Blackwater Worldwide misrepresented itself to get city permits to expand its facility in Otay Mesa, NBC 7/39 reported. via NBC Channel 7/39

“It isn't behavior becoming of Phi Kappa Psi”

SAN DIEGO--Dozens of San Diego State University students were arrested after a sweeping drug investigation found that some fraternity members openly dealt drugs and one even sent a mass text message advertising ... via Detroit Free Press

“So it was not just a device that would cause damage to the federal courthouse building, but it was designed to send shrapnel -- specifically a large quantity of nails -- out into the general area”

The downtown federal courthouse is expected to reopen Monday morning following a one-day closure prompted by a powerful pipe-bomb blast that damaged the facility over the weekend. via KFMB-TV San Diego

“He clearly believes in the importance of our brand strategy and is committed to delivering a quality store experience that compliments our merchandise and marketing programs.”

Bloomingdale's Inc. has named Charles Anderson senior vp and director of stores. via VMSD

San Diego police continued searching Monday for two men who robbed a McDonald's restaurant at gunpoint in the Lake Murray area. via KFMB-TV San Diego

U.S. border agents Monday intercepted a 26-foot boat off the coast of Southern California they say was carrying 17 suspected illegal immigrants. via 1360 KKTX Where Corpus Christi Comes ...

The FBI is investigating the explosion of at least one pipe bomb outside an entrance to the federal courthouse in downtown San Diego early Sunday morning. via 1360 KKTX Where Corpus Christi Comes ...

This year's Fleet Week activities kicked off Saturday as tens of thousands of people watched the "Sea and Air Parade" in San Diego Bay. via KFMB-TV San Diego

A man accused of stabbing a San Diego police dog during a standoff at a Talmadge hotel has pleaded guilty to the crime. via KFMB-am

Authorities say a suspected pipe bomb explosion has damaged a door and blown out a window at the federal courthouse in downtown San Diego. via KFMB-TV San Diego